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BLUE v. UNITED STATES

No. 5343.

270 A.2d 508 (1970)

Hezekiah BLUE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 6, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George C. Dreos, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

John S. Ransom, Asst. U. S. Atty., with Whom Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Robert S. Tignor, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and KELLY and GALLAGHER, Associate Judges.

HOOD, Chief Judge.

This appeal from a conviction on a charge of receiving stolen property1 makes four claims of error. First, it is claimed that the evidence was not sufficient to sustain a verdict of guilty. There was evidence that appellant was in possession of a coat that had been recently stolen. Possession of property recently stolen, if not satisfactorily explained, permits the jury to infer that the person in possession knew it...

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